History of ceramics in indonesia
Ceramics are one of the world’s oldest forms of cultural technology and can be traced back more than 11,000 years to Asia and the Middle East. The remarkable durability of fired clay has enabled pottery to become perhaps the most valuable and available records of human development.
Ceramics are also one of the most valued forms of cultural and artistic expression. In cultures throughout the world, pottery has been employed at all social levels for the most important events in developed and developing societies — from pious religious ceremonies to more mundane but rather important activities like eating and drinking.
Functional pottery polymorphism artifact and also in the form of decorative manner many met as part of archaeological invention. History of of course notes is skilled makes pottery has become part of development of civilization of nations in nusantara. His(its historical footstep is also still clearly is endowed finite of present.
According to archaeological study, expertise makes pottery type ceramics or ceramic in new nusantara is recognized in cultivation. Cultivation cycle leaving over leeway enough lengths to all farmer gives opportunity to they to develop this expertise. Pottery type yielded mostly is household equipments.
However has just during perundagian of pottery masterpieces starts growing wide, [shall] no longer simply becoming part of household equipments, but have also becomes part of social peripheral, religious ritual, artistic expression even social status symbol. From china artifact found in situs Trowulan, location ex- empire of Majapahit which is glorious as of spread century 13-15 M, known that that moment of clay product besides is in the form of household peripheral, there is also exploited for peripheral ritual and swan song. Ceramic actors a period of this believed develops is technics picked, puncture, incises, patchs and compress, which still be recognized up to now.
May if then we conclude expertise to make pottery is one of form of eldest endowment of which still staying until now. industrial Sentra-sentra of pottery also still spread over in many areas, some the existing famous for example Banten; Panjunan, Cirebon; Pleret, Purwakarta; Klampok, Banjarnegara; Slawi, Tegal; Mayong, Jepara; Pagerjurang, Bayat, Klaten; Kasongan, Yogyakarta ; Malo, Bojonegoro and Lombok island in West Nusa Tenggara. Outside the big names, in Yogyakarta there are still one places again it is good to called as in ” pottery map”, namely Dusun Jetis, District Pundong.
